Musical toy



Patented Aug. 6, i 1929.

UNITED STATES HUBER! amass, or TOLEDO, omo, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF TOARTHUR s mcxox. or TOLEDO, 01110. I r 1 MUSICAL 'roY.

Application filed October 22, 1927. Serial No. 227,878.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple and yet efiicientmusical toy of the reed type, that may be formed from a plastic materialas b molding and'subsequent hardening thereof when formed and cast toshape. Thus the toy may be formed from a great variety of plasticmaterials, such as-waxes, resins, and compounds of admixtures ofmaterials such as phenolic condensation'prodnets, and also from candycompositions and food mixtures that may be rendered plastic and hardenedby chilling or cooling or 'drymg. p

' By my invention I have provided a musical toy that will produce apleasant sound and may be made at an exceedingly low cost of productionand, furthermore, may be made of a material that is excedinglyattractive to the eye, or of material that is not only attractive in itsappearance, but also material that is palatable and ap etizing to achild, who will, consequently, 'd pleasure not only in manipulating thetoy, but also in subsequently eating it.

The invention may be contained in structures that vary in their detailsand, to illustrate a practical application of the invention, I haveselected one of'such structures and shall describe it hereinafter. Thestructure selected is shown in the accompanying drawm s.

lecte for the purpose of illustrating a preferred embodiment of myinvention. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the toy illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig.3 is an end view of the-toy. Fig. 4 is a view of a section taken on theline 4-4 indicated in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a view of a section taken on theplane of the line 5--5 also indicatedinFig. 1. The toy is formed fromany suitable moldable material, or composition of materials,

- mos vthat becomes plastic b content, or b the I of water and omes harened by the reduction of the temperature of the material to normalatheric temperatures, or becomes hardene by e ation of water, as by'dcation of heat and the reduction of the water content of thecomposition. All of the parts of the toy, by the molding or castinoperations, become integrated one into t e other and 1111.88 singleunit'is wed in is subdivided by a plurality being considerably longer i1 is atop view of the musical toy se- I heat or by a water piece 6 15 W8both the appli a shape to produce a musical toy on which a plurality 0notes may be formed. The toy is provided with an upper wall 1 and alower wall 2 which are joined together by the side walls 3, 4, 5, andthe mouth piece 6. The walls and the mouth piece 6 form a chamber thatthat are integrated with and extend from the wall 3 to the mouth piece6. The wall 3 slopes from the Wall 5 to the wall 4. The wall 5, than thewall 4, the chambers 11 that are formed between the partitions 10 areprogressively shorter. The partitions 10 are located parallel to thewalls 4 and 5 and consequently the partitions 10 and the walls of thetoy form chambers of progressively decreasing length.

The edge of the wall 1 in proximity to the mouth piece 6 is beveled asshown at 12. The edge of the beveled part 12 is locateda short distancefrom the mouth piece 6. The acute angle of the beveled edge is locatedat the inner side of the wall 1 and in line with the air current that isproduced by the contour of the sides that hereinafter described. Thepartitions 10 are also cut away along the same line that the beveledsurface is formed as shown in Fi 2 and 4 to aid in the production of thevi rations of the air column in each of the chambers 11.

The mouth piece 6 that forms oneofthe sides of the musical toy comprisesthe wall 15 which is a continuation of the wall 1 or is located in thesame plane as the wall 1, that is the inner and outer sides of the wall15 are located in the same planes as the inner and outer sides of thewall 1. The mouth piece 6 is also provided with a substantial V-shapedwall 16. One side 17 of the wall 16 is located at ri ht angles to thewalls 1 and 2, while anot er side 18 of the wall 16 slopesat about thesame an le that the beveled surface 12 is located and so that the planesin which the surfaces 12 and 18 are located, when extended, aresubstantially parallel to each other. The mouth sloping outer side 19,whereby the mouth may be conveniently applied to the mouth piece 6. Themouth piece 6 is also provided with partitioning walls 20 that arepractically extensions of the partitioning walls 10, that is, thepartitioning walls 20 have their sides located the a p an tha the .sidesof the walls form the mouth piece 6, as-

also, preferably, provided with av of partitions 1O are located in. Theside 18 of the wall 16 of the mouth piece 6, and the inner side of thewall of the mouth piece 6 coact to direct a current of air, when theinstrument is blown on by the mouth, towards the acute angle of thebeveled edge 12 of the wall 1, thereby producing a note, or notes, thatcorrespond to the length or lengths of one or more chambers 11 and,consequently, dependent on the location of the mouth of the musicalinstrument, one or more of the air columns formed by one or more of thechambers 11, may be set into vibration and produce a single or aplurality of notes. The shape of the parts of the musical instrumenttaken in connectionwith'the resonating edect produced by the hardenedplastic material of which the musical toy is formed causes theproduction of a remarkably pleasant tone of varying rate of vibrationand, consequently, the varying pitch that is characteristic of each ofthe chambers 11. The tone quality that is produced by the use of amoldable plastic is exceedingly pleasing in its quality and isstrikingly characteristic and not found in any other instrument.

I claim:

1. A cast wind musical toy having integral walls of plasticable ediblematerial that form a, plurality of chambers of different lengths,

and having a wall for closing the ends of the chambers and a wall thatforms a side wall of each of the chambers, the side wall having abeveled edge and a mouth piece also integral with the body of themusical toy having side walls and partitioning walls in line with wallsof the chambers, one of the side walls having a sloping surface tocooperate with the other of the side walls of the mouth piece to directIn witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name to this specification.

HUBERT A. MYERS.

